Critique Welcomed Lotus

[Gary Ayala]

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Lotus
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Capistrano, California

Canon 20D w/ Sigma 50-500 @ 266mm

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Wonderful photo, Gary. Brilliant colours and a bee in the right place.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, the bee lifts the first image beautifully. It had me contemplating flowers as living things, in a pact with bees to prolong each other’s existence. This is a problem for vegetarians, which I was for twenty years or so. After six months in hospital, my body craved protein, and now I’m back eating meat and fish. I couldn’t rationalise eating plants as being less humane (for want of a more appropriate word) than eating fish or meat.

Anyway, it’s funny where an image can take you to sometimes.

The b&w version has a different vibe altogether, but it was the bee in the colour shot which sent me off down a trail.

 

[Gary Ayala]

Yes, the bee lifts the first image beautifully. It had me contemplating flowers as living things, in a pact with bees to prolong each other’s existence. This is a problem for vegetarians, which I was for twenty years or so. After six months in hospital, my body craved protein, and now I’m back eating meat and fish. I couldn’t rationalise eating plants as being less humane (for want of a more appropriate word) than eating fish or meat.

Anyway, it’s funny where an image can take you to sometimes.

The b&w version has a different vibe altogether, but it was the bee in the colour shot which sent me off down a trail.

FYI- I've read a report in a scientific journal stating that cells of plants will react when under stress, (as in slashing or breaking the plant). The author correlated the cellular reaction as similar to an animal's scream.

 

[Gary Ayala]

Yes, the bee lifts the first image beautifully. It had me contemplating flowers as living things, in a pact with bees to prolong each other’s existence. This is a problem for vegetarians, which I was for twenty years or so. After six months in hospital, my body craved protein, and now I’m back eating meat and fish. I couldn’t rationalise eating plants as being less humane (for want of a more appropriate word) than eating fish or meat.

Anyway, it’s funny where an image can take you to sometimes.

The b&w version has a different vibe altogether, but it was the bee in the colour shot which sent me off down a trail.

Yeah, the harsh contrast of the B/W sorta puts the lotus in your face. As in ... "I'm a Lotus And You're Not!". The color is far more soothing and contemplative in a relaxing way.

 

[Gary Ayala]

PS- Plants and Bees in a pact for 'Life' ... is a better way of saying symbiotic.